First Aid If Baby Fainting

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Babies who are unconscious or fainting obviously panicked. Parents or anyone close to him to provide first aid CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation).

Bones baby is still very vulnerable and need special tricks to be able to help him breathe again without hurt him or unconscious.

When seeing the baby unconscious, there are steps that can be performed first aid, namely:



1. Security and health checks (Danger)

Make sure the parents put the baby in a flat and do not in bed. Then note that the area is safe from danger the surrounding.

2. Check response from the child (Response)

To find out if the baby is still conscious or not, can be rubbed the palm of his hands and feet. If the baby is still unconscious, then the baby will automatically respond. An active baby move both limbs are.

3. Open lines of breathing (Airway)

To help open the lines of breathing the baby, simply by pulling on the baby's forehead slightly backwards without the need to pull the chin.

4. Give artificial breathing (Breath)

In infants, resuscitated given simply by blowing it twice and did not need to cover the baby's nose. Parents simply close the baby's mouth and nose with his mouth at the same time, because the distance between the mouth and nose when the baby is still close.

5. Give pressure (compressions)

In providing enough pressure to use two fingers and one finger is positioned below the nipple line. Pressure exerted quite one-third of the depth of the chest and carried 30 times.

Apply 2 breaths and 30 times the pressure (2:30) over and over as much as 5 sets or for 2 minutes. After that, check to be sure your baby can breathe again or not by checking the breathing path.

If it is normal breathing, place in recovery position, which is carrying a baby with a straight horizontal or inclined position on a flat.

Although the baby was breathing normally again with the help of CPR, parents should still take him to the hospital for further examination.